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Feb 4, 19%,, D. JONES SASH LOCK AND HOLDER Filed Dec. 17, 1934lmrmww-oa. Owl/m JOWEJ Patented Feb. 4, 1936 EJNE'E'ED STATES earsurosmos- SASH LOCK AND HOLDER Application December 1'7, 1934, Serial No.757,810

3 Claims.

This invention relates to window sash locks and holders generally andmore particularly to a device of this character adaptedto lock or fastena window sash and reversible to perform the functions of a sash holder.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable anddetachable device for looking or supporting, as required, a window sash,and which when used as a sash lock will prevent rattling of the sash.

Another object is to combine in one a window sash lock and holder whichcan be manufactured and placed on the market at very low cost, and whichwill more emciently perform the functions required of it.

With the foregoing and other objects hereinafter more fully referred to,the invention comprises a length of suitable material bent to form asubstantially L-shaped portion at one end having integral therewith apair of suitably bent legs provided with piercing tips.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying illustrationsof specific embodiments thereof, while the scope of the invention willbe more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is now had to the drawing and to the examples of the inventiondisclosed therein solely for illustrative purposes.

In the drawing in which like numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts in each figure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device in position as-a window sashholder.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device in position as a sash lock orfastener.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device as a sash holder. Y

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of the device.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, A designates the deviceas a whole comprising, in the example here shown, a single piece ofspring wire bent on itself to form the horizontally extending loop i r],and further bent and fashioned to define the upwardly extending spacedarms I l and I2, and co-operating with the loop ill, the horizontallyextending portion or head 13, and again bent to define the downwardlyextending front legs or prongs l5 and I6, which may be crossed at Hi,and which are bent adjacent their extremities, as at ll, and furtherprovided with piercing tips l8.

In operation and when used as a sash lock the arms or back I! and [2 areinserted between the top 59 of the window sash 20 and the frame 2| ofthe window (see Fig. 2) the legs l5 and It extending upwardly and thepointed tips thereof piercing the window frame 2|, while thehorizontally extending portion i3 co-operating with the arms l I and i2clamps the top and side of the window sash so that any pressure upwardlywill cause the legs or prongs l5 and It to become embedded in the windowframe and lock the same, while the spaced arms I l and I2 will fit eachside of the rope or chain supporting the counter weight for the sash.

When used as a sash holder the device is reversed the arms H and I2 areagain inserted between the bottom 22 of the window sash and the frame2i, while the legs or prongs i5 and It extending downwardly engage withthe frame to support the raised window sash seated on the extendingportion iii.

In both cases the legs I l and I2 of the horizontal head or seat portionl3 when inserted between the window frame and the window sash act toprevent rattling of the sash while retaining it in locked-closed oropen-raised position.

It will be noted, as shown in Fig. l, that a single arm or back for thehead 13 may be used instead of the two arms H and I2, also that the bentmaterial is hammered to provide the flat back portion 5 I for insertionbetween the frame of the window and the sash, and that, as will readilybe understood, this portion may vary in thickness according to the spacebetween the frame and the sash, and thus more efficiently preventrattling of the sash.

To place the device in position it is only necessary to compress thelower ends of the front legs i5 and I6 and then insert the back portionH between the frame and the sash, when the pressure of the windowupwardly or downwardly will automatically establish the detachabledevice securely and fixedly in position until removed by hand.

With this device the window frame and the sash, as compared with devicesof the kind heretofore in use, remains practically without blemish ormark of any kind, the pin holes made by the piercing tips of the legsbeing practically negligible.

So far as I am aware I appear to be the first to have conceived andprovided a reversible device adapted to be used as a sash lock or awindow holder manufactured from a single length of suitable springmaterial.

Various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theinvention above set forth without departing from the real purpose andspirit thereof, and it is the intention to cover by the following claimsany modified forms of structure or use of equivalents which may bereasonably included within their scope.

What I claim for my invention is:

l. A reversible device of the character described comprising a singlepiece of suitable material bent on itself to form a horizontallyextending head portion, upwardly extending spaced arms integral with thehead, and downwardly extending crossed legs integral with said head.

2. A reversible device comprising a piece of suitable spring materialbent to form a horizon-

